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H2479 חַלְחָלָה (chalchâlâh) khal-khaw-law'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

feminine from the same as 2478; writhing (in childbirth); by implication, terror

KJV Usage: (great, much) pain

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חַלְחָלָה (chal.cha.lah) — anguish. pain, trembling, terror, writhing, anguish

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · חיל

Afraid | ≈ צִיר

trembling, distress, anguish = state of strong fear and distress, compared to the state of mind of a woman in labor; ► often accompanied by physical side-effects, like writhing and trembling

ISA 21:3 · EZK 30:4 · EZK 30:9 · NAM 2:11

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חַלְחָלָה n.f. anguish base

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